INSTRUCTIONS FOR EDITORS:

Since the range of topics covered by the Erbse Scholia goes
far beyond the expertise of any individual scholar, we depend
on the wisdom and specialized knowledge of a diverse group of
editors. We encourage our editors not only to vet
translations, but also to share with us ideas for improving
NewScholiasts. Please send any comments, criticisms, problems
and new ideas to the managing editors. We would
also appreciate any efforts on your part to recruit qualified
people who might serve as translators or editors.

When you are ready to begin editing, log in through the
NewScholiasts home page and choose the "Vet entries" option.
Enter the unique id (book, line, letter) for the entry you
want to edit and you will be shown a page in which the entry
appears in its current form. You may then edit and submit the
entry as you would any translation. For more detailed
information on the process of entering and submitting
translations see the "Instructions
for Translators" page.

Since you can return to the same entry as often as necessary,
there is no need to do all your editing at once. There are
two stages to your job:

1. Basic stage:

Verify the translation against Greek
text. The standard text for NewScholiasts is
Scholia Graeca in Homeri Iliadem. Please inform us if
you are using a different text.

Proofread text, notes and bibliography for basic
spelling/grammatical errors and for adherence to the
NewScholiasts guidelines for style and content
(accessible on the "Instructions
for Translators" page ).

Improve on the word choice and style of the
translation where possible. If variant manuscript
readings offer a better translation option, include the
variant in the translation and explain your choice in a
footnote.

Confirm that all Web links are operative; delete or
emend those that are not

Set the editorial status as appropriate (see below).

2. Advanced stage: Any or all
of the following, as needed:

Additions to bibliography

Listing of links to other Internet resoruces.

Elaboration of notes.

Raising the editorial status to "high", if
appropriate (see below).

There is a menu on the vetting page which you should use to
set the editorial status of your entry. Until you have
completed all of the "basic stage" actions, leave the default
designation "draft" unchanged. When you have completed the
basic stage, you should change the status designation to
"low". A low-status entry should offer, at the least, an
accurate and well-informed translation to NewScholiasts
readers. After having completed some or all of the advanced
stage actions, you may, at your discretion, change the status
indication to "high". A high-status entry should have
as accurate and as well-researched a translation as you can
manage and as many notes and links as you think necessary and
desirable for users who consult NewScholiasts as a source for
professional research. For many entries (most
particularly, one-word entries), no notes, bibliography or
links will really be necessary. In such cases you can,
at your discretion, move to "high" status almost immediately.

When you have reached a point where you have done all the
editing that you can do on an entry, inform the Managing Editors.

Editing is never proprietary on NewScholiasts. After you have
edited an entry, other editors can (and will) come by later
and re-edit the same entry. Your name will remain attached to
the entry as editor, however, in perpetuity.